I'm getting Philippe's updates. for those who aren't... Some tough things have happened. While becalmed in the doldrums, Philippe discovered a growing crack in his boom.
He's fixed some troublesome issues with his autopilots, but the primary autopilot continues to lock the tiller down even when it's supposedly disengaged.
And when finally getting wind, it blew up to 30 knots fairly quickly, and while all his three spinnakers were fastened down on deck, two of them washed overboard. The only one left is his "big" spinnaker, which has already been shredded and repaired once, and then shredded again.
Not good developments for Philippe.
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"